Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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